Paying off debt, increasing savings, reducing taxes, investing for the future—with so many different money management goals to work on, it can be hard knowing where to focus your energy. MoneySense's Priority Pyramid suggests the financial milestones you should address in order of priority.

Setting goals is easy, but prioritizing them is hard. Humans suck at properly weighing what we need …
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Making sure you're earning more than you're spending is priority number one, naturally. If you don't have a positive cash flow, you can't use your money to meet your financial goals. At the top of the pyramid are focusing on investment performance and optimizing your returns.

It's a basic illustration, but still useful for creating a plan of attack to get your finances in order.